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Published: 2006-02-27 17:15:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 5460; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 356
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eh...I did this in my painting class. despite what it looks like it is not water color. I used acrylics and ink.Related content
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Wow, what an extraordinary way to visualize that the kois are above or under water! Lovely.
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I am a huge fan of water colour. I really like this painting. At first sight, it looks simple. It draws your attention and the more you look at it, the more you see.
Great job. I'm getting a koi tattoo soon.
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well this one is acrylic used like water colors ^^, but thank you I'm glade you enjoyed it.
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Wow, this is really fantastic, is it really that dark though, or is it that the result of the scan/digital camera?
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Wow, really nice water textures. The water looks so cool and refreshing! Such realism, such sheer technical skill!
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You're absolutely correct. I thought it was watercolor at first. It is a nice use of acrylics. Nice deep coloring on the back of the large koi. I have a friend who raises them.
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it has a few different meanings...but I think the koi you are refering to is not the word love but more of a romantic kind, the word is more narrowed. It's something you might call your bf or gf....I guess it's like calling some one 'darling' or 'lover'. I would of used Ai for the word love.
but I wonder why they use the word for carp, for the same as calling someone your lover... >.>....could be similar to us useing"pumpkin" maybe.
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yes I can see that thank u.. thats why Kanji Ai and Koi are diferent, but aint a gf or bf is Koibito?
but what do u mean Crap? do you mean "kisama"?
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no....CARP not crap...big difference. You can't tell me you don't know what a carp is
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aaa..... why? I guess it Crap coz Im not wiling to coloured it T.T
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Beautiful work here, I am impressed that you got acrylic to look like that. It makes me want to try it some more
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thats so neat. do you water down your acrylics a lot when you paint?
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some times, I use them in different layers. I like them cause I can make it as thick or as thin as I like, unlike water color
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crazy. i never liked acrylics because they get sticky and chunky, and ive always had access to colored calligraphy inks if i needed something thicker. this makes me want to try acrylics again.
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*laughs* well I liked them 'cause it gave the painting more texture...they are just a media that needs to be played around and experminted with. I also like them becasue they are water base, you can practically use anything else with them with the exception of oils lol...water/oil does not mix well.
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yeah. thats really cool. *gasp* you have inspired me. its been a loooong time since ive been inspired to do anything artistic. thanks. you shall have a dedication if i manage to paint anything worthwhile. ;D
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I really like the piece. i alwys linke acrylics, watered inks, and al watered work on paper watercolor paper.
for the digital scan, i can reimagine it bcause i've used the same way, but u should enhance it some to bring back colors power (although they dont have to be satured or the acriclyc effect is lost) and bring back the color of the paper.
is not the art work what is wrong (is good!), is the deviation, the showing, the scan, u know what i mean?
well, just 20min od photoshop tutorial and all is done
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the colors was not originaly that strong in the first place, and there was no original color of the paper. I gave the whole thing a grey wash before hand there was no white to work with. Trust me, this was as close to the original as I could get it. I'm fully aware of how to use photoshop. I could most certainly inhance it for here, but than it would become an digital/traditional image.
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i hope i didn't bug you
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what th f*ck, you 65k visits! xD i think u now how to do it without any lessons. in fact, i think u scan'd and edited it fastly in order to send it here as fast as possible. so what i said was too obvious. excuse me!
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Wow... this is phenominal (sorry my spelling sucks hard core!! >.<; ) You should really think about a career in the arts like profesionally! And if you dont want to thats ok too, but I mean this is like amazing! The colors are very nice and very complimenting. It does have a very welcoming watercolor effect to it, but if you look close enough you can tell... This is just absolutely wonderful, keep it up your a great artist, and far beyond many! 
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ya....alot of my traditional stuff is a huge contrast to my digital works x_x. where as in digital I work mostly in monotone, my tradtional is all colors oppisite on the color wheel...mostly orange and blue.
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Thats neat. lol well it's awsome work and you should keep it up, I have to go sadly talk to you another time bbyez!
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wow, great job! The watery effect is briliant. Well done, i hope you got a good mark for this!
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I guess...but the class doesn't really work like that. there is no assignments x_x you just paint what ever the hell you want to.
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Wow, I like it, good thing you mentionned it's not watercolors, because i could have been fooled.
I love touches of colors, they really add something, yet are not too agressive.
Amazing composition.
Sis you use the ink as is or added water?
Sorry, just curious.
Anyway, amazing work.
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Indian ink...with added water, it's all of the black areas.
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